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MODERN FAMILY
Air Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-9:31 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#4ARG01) "Bringing Up Baby"
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SEASON PREMIERE

JAY IS IN FOR THE SURPRISE OF HIS LIFE, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF ABC'S "MODERN FAMILY"

Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning "Modern Family" returns for its fourth season, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (9:00-9:31 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

In the Season 4 premiere, "Bringing Up Baby," Jay's birthday is upon us again and, as before, he makes it well-known that he wishes to keep it as low key as possible, with no grand gestures or surprises. But leave it to the family to miss the mark yet again! Phil takes Jay on a very unconventional fishing trip with his buddies, and Gloria struggles with how to break the pregnancy news to him. Meanwhile, Dylan moves into the Dunphy household temporarily, and Mitch and Cam decide to look into adopting a cat as they continue to cope with their failed attempt to adopt another child.

"Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sof�a Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.

Guest cast includes Reid Ewing as Dylan, Chazz Palminteri as Shorty, Ernie Hudson as Miles and Emily Happe as Candice.

"Bringing Up Baby" was written by Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, and directed by Steven Levitan.

""Modern Family" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's Selected HD Format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L parental guideline.

For more information on "Modern Family," visit ABC.com/ModernFamily

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MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/23/09 - ???
STATUS:
currently airing (spring 2013)
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 9:00 PM-9:30 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (24 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's fifth) on 5/10/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, May 2013) ABC's groundbreaking and multiple Emmy Award-winning hit comedy series, "Modern Family," takes a modern and hilarious look at the complications that come with being a family today. Jay Pritchett, with his younger wife Gloria, her son Manny and their baby, sits as the patriarch of a large blended family that includes his grown daughter Claire, who has three kids of her own with her husband Phil, and a grown son Mitchell, who adopted a daughter from Vietnam with his gay life partner Cameron. These three families are unique unto themselves, and together they give us a window into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted embrace of the modern family. "Modern Family" stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Sofía Vergara as Gloria, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Ariel Winter as Alex, Nolan Gould as Luke, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily. The series is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television in association with Picador Productions and Steven Levitan Prods. Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd are the creators/executive producers. Danny Zuker, Dan O'Shannon, Bill Wrubel, Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh, Abraham Higginbotham and Jeffrey Richman also serve as executive producers.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy
· Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily
· Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett
· Eric Stonestreet as Cameron
· Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett
· Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
· Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy
· Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado
· Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy
· Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett
· Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy
CREW INFORMATION:
· Christopher Lloyd as WRTR (Pilot)
· Jason Winer as DIR (Pilot)
· Steven Levitan as WRTR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Lloyd-Levitan Productions